Every book its reader

We all look for different things in our books. On today's request shelf, there's an introduction to Dakar Wolof, an urban mixture of Wolof (a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania), French, and Arabic that is spoken in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The book was written in 1966 to help train Peace Corp volunteers. Another student requested a book called Abracadabra! Secret Methods Magicians & Others Use to Deceive Their Audience. Author Nathaniel Schiffman reveals all, including how to pull off the amazing levitating woman trick.



Today's little shout out to Ranganathan's third law.